Companies you should be applying for:

Investment Banking, Research and Trading: Lloyds, HSBC, Barclays, Nomura, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, RBS, RBC, Credit Suisse, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Societe Generale, Danske Bank, Goldman Sachs

Asset Management: BlackRock, LGIM, Insight, Schroders, State Street, HSBC Asset Management, Man Group, Royal London, BMO, Aviva, Lazard, Vanguard

Investment Consulting: Willis Towers Watson, Mercer, Aon, Redington, Hymans Robertson, LCP, PwC, Barnett Waddingham, Buck

Hedge Funds: Brevan Howard, Lansdowne Partners, BlueCrest Capital Management, Winton Capital Management, GAM, BlueBay Asset Management, Henderson Global Investors

Insurance: Aviva, Standard Life, PIC, AIG, Bupa, Axa, Willis Towers Watson, Aon, Lloyd’s of London

Audit: PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, MacIntyre Hudson, Harris, Accounts & Legal Consultants, Haines Watts Group

Interdealer Brokers: ICAP, Tradition, BGC Partners, Square Global Markets, Gottex Brokers

News and Ratings: Bloomberg, Reuters, Fitch, Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s

Other options to work in finance: Boutique Investment Banks, Regulators, Finance departments of non-financial companies (e.g. BMW, Moss Bros, Procter and Gamble, Gatwick Airport etc), Middle office of Asset Management and Investment Banks

For more information check out FinancIN’s “Banking and Finance jobs explained”